Colorado Rockies' Jim Tracy argues with umpires before being ejected from the game in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on August 6, 2012, in Los Angeles.

If Jim Tracy was a radio station, he’d be KOZI 105 or AM oldies. Monday night, he went metal, doing everything but bang his head during the most animated ejection of his Rockies’ career in Colorado’s 2-0 victory over the Dodgers.

He reached the expiration date in the seventh inning after Shane Victorino’s line drive out into Dexter Fowler’s glove was overturned. Fowler came racing in, his glove appearing to scoop the ball before it hit the grass for the final out. Victorino and Dodgers manager Don Mattingly argued. Only the first base umpire Mike Estabrook ruled it an out initially, meaning he was hung out to dry by second base umpire Paul Schrieber, who should have made the call.

After huddling up, the call was overturned. Tracy raced out onto the field, arms moving, and face reddening. Briefly into his argument with crew chief Mike Everitt, the Rockies’ boss fired his cap to the ground. Players afterward could not remember Tracy ever visibly so angry.

“He came with it,” said Fowler, who told Tracy he caught the ball before Tracy ambled onto the field. “I guess we have to play hard for 28 outs.”

After the lengthy delay, Adam Ottavino faced Mark Ellis with runners at first and third. Ellis made good contact, at first sounding like he hit a three-run home run.

“Jim would have needed bail money. I would have. We might have forfeited with all the guys who would have been thrown out,” Fowler said.

Added Carlos Gonzalez, who played one of his best defensive games of the season by throwing out a runner and running down a ball in the gap, “I knew (Ellis) didn’t hit it. Dexter caught the ball. We all know that.”

The Dodgers went quietly over the final two innings as the Rockies posted their first shutout since June 4. Drew Pomeranz pitched four scoreless, saying his off-speed pitches worked well, but his fastball was erratic.

“My mechanics weren’t the best tonight. I was up in the zone with the fastball,” Pomeranz said.

Pomeranz was in the clubhouse when Tracy returned afer the ejection. He said no appliances or TVs were injured in the making of the in-game tantrum.

“He just went into this office and closed the door. I didn’t hear anything get thrown around,” Pomeranz said.

Patrick, a third-generation Colorado native, is back for his second stint covering the Rockies. He first covered the team from 2005-2009, helping chronicle “Rocktober” in 2007 and also following the team’s playoff run in 2009.

Nick Groke has worked at The Denver Post since 1997, as a sports reporter, city reporter, entertainment writer and digital editor and producer, among other newsroom posts. He also writes regularly about boxing, soccer, MMA and NASCAR.